Smoke rises from a building in Bakhmut, site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 26, 2023. The GOP has been softening its stance on Russia ever since Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election following Russian hacking of his Democratic opponents. The reasons include Russian President Vladimir Putin holding himself out as an international champion of conservative Christian values, the GOP's growing skepticism of international entanglements and Trump's own personal embrace of the Russian leader. Now the GOP's ambivalence on Russia has stalled additional aid to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)
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